Holding in Company

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC
1 June 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company
THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS LIMITED AND ITS ASSOCIATED COMPANIES


3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
AS IN 2 ABOVE AS AGENT FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
NOT SPECIFIED

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
NOT SPECIFIED


6) Percentage of issued class
-


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
-


8) Percentage of issued class
-


9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25p


10) Date of transaction
NOT SPECIFIED


11) Date company informed
1 JUNE 2001


12) Total holding following this notification
12,444,097



13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
7.68%



14) Any additional information
-


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
G S RICE 020 7410 4469


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
G S RICE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD

SECRETARY TO THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


Date of notification 1 June 2001